Personalizable Calendar Assemblies and Methods

Abstract

A calendar assembly comprises an intermediate page, a trailing page, and a support structure. The intermediate page comprises an intermediate backing sheet and an intermediate face sheet. The intermediate backing sheet defines an intermediate inner surface and an intermediate exposed surface. The intermediate face sheet is attached to the intermediate backing sheet to define an intermediate material chamber. The trailing page comprises a trailing backing sheet defining an inner surface and an exposed surface. The support structure supports the intermediate page relative to the trailing page such that the intermediate face sheet and the trailing exposed surface of the trailing backing sheet may be configured for viewing adjacent to each other.

1 . A customizable calendar assembly adapted to hold supplemental material, where the customizable calendar assembly comprises:
 a plurality of calendar pages, where each calendar page defines a first adhesive region that extends along first, second, and third edges of the calendar pages and a second adhesive region that extends along a fourth edge of the calendar pages, where the calendar pages each comprise
 a backing sheet defining a backing sheet inner surface and a backing sheet exposed surface, where calendar graphics are printed on the backing sheet exposed surface, and 
 a face sheet, where the face sheet is clear and face sheet graphics are printed on at least a portion of the intermediate face sheet, 
 first adhesive arranged between the backing sheet and the face sheet within the first adhesive region to attach the face sheet to the backing sheet to define a material chamber, where
 a first portion of the inner surface of the backing sheet is visible through face sheet, 
 a second portion of the inner surface of the backing sheet is obscured by the face sheet graphics, and 
 the material chamber is sized and dimensioned to receive the supplemental material such that at least a portion of the supplemental material is visible through the face sheet, 
 
 second adhesive applied to the face sheet within the second adhesive region, and 
 a release sheet detachably attached to the face sheet by the second adhesive, where
 the release sheet is configured to prevent the second adhesive from bonding with the backing sheet when the calendar pages are in an open configuration, and 
 the second adhesive bonds the face sheet to the backing sheet in the second adhesive region to place the calendar pages in a closed configuration when the release sheet is detached from the face sheet; and 
 
   a binder member; and   a plurality of binder holes formed along the third edges of each of the calendar pages; wherein   the binder holes are formed substantially within the first adhesive region; and   the binder member extends through the plurality of binder holes of each of the calendar pages to support the calendar pages with respect to each other such that the calendar graphics on one of the calendar pages and supplemental material within material chamber of another of the calendar pages are simultaneously visible.   
   
   
       2 . A calendar assembly as recited in  claim 1 , in which
 the face sheet comprises a sheet of transparent plastic.   
   
   
       3 . A method of forming a customizable calendar assembly for displaying supplemental material comprising the steps of:
 providing a plurality of backing sheets each defining an inner surface and an exposed surface;   printing calendar graphics on the exposed surface of the backing sheets;   providing an a plurality of clear face sheets;   printing face sheet graphics on the face sheets;   arranging first adhesive within a first adhesive region; arranging second adhesive in a second adhesive region on the face sheets;   detachably attaching a release sheet to the second adhesive on each of the face sheets;   forming a plurality of calendar pages by attaching the face sheets to the backing sheets, where
 the first adhesive joins each face sheet to one of the backing sheets in the first adhesive region, where the first adhesive region extends along first, second, and third edges of the calendar pages such that each calendar page defines a material chamber, 
 the second adhesive region extends along a fourth edge of the calendar pages such that the each calendar page defines a chamber opening, 
 the face sheet graphics obscure a portion of the inner surfaces of the backing sheets, and 
 the release sheet prevents the second adhesive from bonding the face sheet to the back sheet along the fourth edge when the calendar page is in an open configuration; 
   supporting the calendar pages relative to each other by
 forming holes in the first adhesive regions of along the third edges of each of the calendar pages, and 
 extending a binder member through the holes in the calendar pages such that the intermediate material chamber of one of the calendar pages and the calendar graphics on another of the calendar pages are capable of being viewed simultaneously; 
   inserting the supplemental material into the material chamber through the chamber opening;   detaching the release sheet from the face sheet; and   engaging the second adhesive with the backing sheet to attach the face sheet to the backing sheet within the second adhesive region to change the calendar page from the open configuration to a closed configuration.   
   
   
       4 . A method as recited in  claim 3 , in which the step of providing the face sheets comprise the step of providing sheets of transparent plastic.